Quotables.

"This is proof that God is a woman." -Rep. Pat...

August 26, 1993

"This is proof that God is a woman."

-Rep. Pat Schroeder (D-Colo.), who disagrees with Vatican doctrine on abortion and other issues, after rain fell just as the Pope was starting an outdoor speech at Denver's Stapleton International Airport.

"The good news is the rates have dropped. None of the girls are working."

-A Hollywood wag, joking about the arrest of Heidi Fleiss for allegedly running a high-priced prostitution business that catered to stars who now fear she will expose them.

"I don't pay them to come over, I pay them to leave."

-"Rachel," a 27-year-old actress who says she worked in Heidi Fleiss' alleged prostitution ring in Hollywood, quoting a celebrity client on why glamorous film stars would pay women for sex.

"How stupid is this guy? You think maybe he couldn't afford to see Dr. Kevorkian, and this is the cheapest thing he could come up with?"

-Jay Leno, after actor James Farentino was arrested for allegedly stalking his former girlfriend, Tina Sinatra, whose father has long been accused of close ties to mobsters.